“Don Quixote’s Arab Chronicler and the Borders of History”

Sosland Family Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures | Harvard University

The lecture will examine the logic behind Cervantes’ designation of the “original” version of Don Quixote’s history. placing that seemingly festive gesture in the context of Hapsburg Historiography and exploring its implications for the parodic and satiric reach of his masterpiece.

Research Interests: Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Latin American Colonial Literature; Hispanic Poetry of all periods; Poetics; Literary Theory; History and the Novel; Cervantes; Comparative Study of Early Romance Languages

Research Interests: Medieval and Golden Age Spanish Literature; Latin American Colonial Literature; Hispanic Poetry of all periods; Poetics; Literary Theory; History and the Novel; Cervantes; Comparative Study of Early Romance Languages

In Transit: Arts and Migration around Europe is an interdisciplinary humanities project launched by Duke faculty and students from the Departments of Romance Studies, and Art, Art History & Visual Studies, in collaboration with the Nasher Museum and the and the Franklin Humanities Institute through its Social Practice Lab.

In Transit is a Learning communitylinking courses and seminars, guest speakers, and art practice. It offers Pathways formed by a multisite art installation at the Nasher Museum, the Rubenstein Arts Center, the John Hope Franklin Center, and the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Participants following a path, a seminar or attending a lecture form and engage into conversations with a variety of perspectives on those who live intrepidly in exile in and around Europe.